Want to dig a little deeper? Each month veteran analyst Martin Brampton exposes the seldom-discussed forces at play in the most prominent and controversial IT issues of the day.
Brampton Factor: Open source goes commercial
Can run-of-the-mill projects make money?
Brampton Factor: Open source stands up for its rights
Copyright can keep the movement alive...
The Brampton Factor: Analysts fail on open source
Change of perception needed for full potential
The Brampton Factor: Is there really a skills crisis?
Or is muddled thinking the real problem…
The Brampton Factor: Licensed to bill
Have software licences and anti-piracy gone too far?
The Brampton Factor: Open source 'brotherhood' closed to co-operation
Where's the real sharing?
The Brampton Factor: Do great firms innovate?
Huge mergers like Microsoft's Yahoo! bid just destroy economic value…
The Brampton Factor: Why big government IT projects fail
...and will probably continue to do so
The Brampton Factor: Software costs under pressure
But will they really fall?
The Brampton Factor: Chinese whispers
What lies behind accusations of hacking and faulty goods levelled against China?
The Brampton Factor: Microsoft vs EU
Who's the real winner?
Brampton Factor: Bringing tech to the developing world
Are we doing more harm than good?
Brampton Factor: Public sector woes
IT should be able to help, shouldn't it?
Brampton Factor: Ageism myths
There's no reason all ages can't work together
Brampton Factor: Network convergence is no simple task
What you need to consider
Brampton Factor: Customer woes
Are we really so insignificant?
Brampton Factor: Vista complaints
It's not 'green', it's pricey - and what does it say about modern software development?
Brampton Factor: CIO ideology
Should IT chiefs be concerned with ends - not just means?
Brampton Factor: What's so great about one telecoms provider?
Customer service certainly leaves something to be desired in the converged world
Brampton Factor: Data theft a warning
More about society than security
Brampton Factor: Don't get your hopes up for BT's 21CN
Without some major political and social changes, history is set to repeat itself
Brampton Factor: NHS IT - can this project be saved?
The prognosis looks poor...
Brampton Factor: Man and machine
Computers are not perfect but neither are people
Brampton Factor: IT and the environment - friend or foe?
We're heading down a catastrophic path...
Brampton Factor: You call this an information society?
We've got neither the dispersal of information nor the benefits to society
Brampton Factor: Fighting e-crime
Clarity needed for this grey area
Brampton Factor: Are Google, IBM and Microsoft really rivals?
If so, which is the most vulnerable?
Martin Brampton is founder of Black Sheep Research, an independent consultancy providing research, writing and speaking services on a wide range of business and technology issues. Martin was previously a director at Bloor Research, and has worked with IT as a user and analyst for over 20 years. He is a longtime contributor to silicon.com and his blog can be found on his website.
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